Historical Fictions and Hellenistic Jewish Identity :: Third Maccabees in Its Cultural Context.

In this thoughtful and penetrating study, Sara Raup Johnson investigates the creation of historical fictions in a wide range of Hellenistic Jewish texts. Surveying so-called Jewish novels, including the Letter of Aristeas, 2 Maccabees, Esther, Daniel, Judith, Tobit, Josephus's account of Alexan...

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1. Verfasser: Johnson, Sara Raup
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.
Schriftenreihe:Hellenistic culture and society ; 43.
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Zusammenfassung:In this thoughtful and penetrating study, Sara Raup Johnson investigates the creation of historical fictions in a wide range of Hellenistic Jewish texts. Surveying so-called Jewish novels, including the Letter of Aristeas, 2 Maccabees, Esther, Daniel, Judith, Tobit, Josephus's account of Alexander's visit to Jerusalem and of the Tobiads, Artapanus, and Joseph and Aseneth, she demonstrates that the use of historical fiction in these texts does not constitute a uniform genre. Instead it cuts across all boundaries of language, provenance, genre, and even purpose. Johnson argues that each author us.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (281 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520928435
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0520233077
9780520233072
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9781597346559
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